Fire Department Fish Fry is Saturdat

You can support the Salado Volunteer Fire Department during its annual Fish Fry 5-7 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Salado Intermediate School. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children.

The Fish Fry is one of three annual fund raisers the SVFD has each year. The Department also has a successful Smokin’ Spokes in the spring and a Smokin Sneakers in the fall.

SVFD has one of the larger service areas in the County at more than 100 square miles. It also has more than 10 miles of Interstate in its service area.

The Salado Volunteer Fire Department was established in the mid 1960’s and was one of the first volunteer fire departments organized in Bell County.

The department began operations with one 1950 pumper truck located by Salado Creek in a two-door garage type building. At that time, the 911 Emergency System did not exist. Salado fire and emergency calls were telephoned to the local hotel, Stagecoach Inn. Firemen were telephoned at their homes or work to respond to calls for help. Some years later a siren was installed close to the fire station. When a call for help was made to the fire station, the entering call would activate the siren. When the volunteers heard the siren, they would respond to the emergency. Today Bell County has established a state of the art communication center that dispatches all fire, police, sheriff, and ambulance services.

In the mid-1980s, Station 1 was built along the northbound access road.

In 2015, Station 2 was built on FM 2484 giving the SVFD quick access to northbound and southbound I-35.

Salado Community Chorus Practice, 6 p.m. Tuesdays upstairs in the Meadows Auditorium of Salado Civic Center. The Community Chorus is a group of like-minded friends who practice each week to perform at various community gatherings.[...]